Yay, there are now five bands signed up in this thread already! So far it looks as if it will be possible to fit in all of you,

Yea! Glad to see Purple Pipeweed, Kapotek, and Wight Lightning possibly joining the lineup. I believe they might be music festival newcomers, something on which the current lineup is pretty light.

Despite there having been a desire for a mix of old and new bands, Shire Tramps is the only one of the sixteen currently scheduled that I haven't heard at a music festival at least once or twice before. (Of the others: twelve of them were all at Winterstock in January -- as also were No Whole Bard and Fluffy Unicorns; Bara Bahau are multitime veterans of just about every music festival on Landy; The Fox Tails participated in Weatherstock 2016; I caught Struck by Moonlight earlier this year at Winterfest and Shirefest, however, Rockfest 3 might be their Landroval debut.)

[mention of a possible boycott in response to the experiences of a bandleader]

Such rumours aren't really helpful to anyone. (Besides, even said bandleader has not called for such.)

For any event in which folks have some emotional investment, there will always be someone upset about something. Sometimes with good reason, sometimes without. Usually it's just a clash of perception, but often it's a presumption of ill intent. I find it unlikely that any of the decisions, even those that in retrospect might not have been the best, were not made in good faith.

I agree with Halgoreth that no ill intent was meant by anyone as far as determining who would play at this event. When we found out it was pretty much an invite only, our philosophy was that there will be other opportunities, and sometimes there just aren't enough time slots for everyone to play. Even though we may get to play at a very late time, we're just happy to have the chance, even though 1/2 of our band won't be able to attend so late.

Still I look forward to hearing the other bands, and hope it will be videotaped for later viewing, in case we can't be there the whole time.

...When we found out it was pretty much an invite only, our philosophy was that there will be other opportunities, and sometimes there just aren't enough time slots for everyone to play. Even though we may get to play at a very late time, we're just happy to have the chance...

Yeah, the prime time schedule ended up being much less open to all than was the original intention. Such is life.

It's my intention to have the next Rockfest almost entirely sign-up,though there will not be room for everyone (there are other festivals for that) and if it becomes necessary to choose between applicants, favour (not necessarily eggsclusively) newcomers to Rockfest. But more about that when I have the time, that is still a long while yet.

The actual starting times may be a bit different, as it's a long day and we can't guarantee there won't be schedule overruns.

Please confirm or, if your assigned time does not work for you, let me know soonest!

I realise most of these times are not prime time and may not draw huge crowds – thank you all for signing up and wanting to be a part of Rockfest anyway!

Arda, sorry to turn you down this time, but your available times would mean having to start the Sunday schedule earlier and we do not wish to do that at this time. Watch these forums for news of the next Rockfest, which will be signups mostly, signups expected to start early 2017.

I thought I saw it on the first page, but I don't see it now. Maybe I (we [my wife and I]) were mistaken. My sencere appologies. Yes, as I stated, we can (and am honored) to perform at the 15:00 Sunday time slot.Thank you for your timely responce :)